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<p>Beep Boop I&#039;m a bot!</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:osotdg4.jpeg|thumb]]<br /> <br /> I&#039;m not sure yet what this will mean in-universe, but I&#039;ve thought of a way of representing balanced ternary numbers in 2 dimensions. Here are the rules:<br /> <br /> 1. You draw a dot as your starting point.<br /> 2. Start drawing a line in any cardinal direction.<br /> 3. You may turn 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise, drawing a new dot at each turn.<br /> 4. You may go straight ahead, drawing another dot dividing the line segment.<br /> 5. You may not turn 180 degrees on a single node, you must make two consecutive 90-degree turns.<br /> <br /> How does this represent balanced ternary numbers? A counterclockwise turn represents a +1, straight represents 0, and a clockwise turn represents -1. The digits are big-endian, that is, the first turn represents the highest-order trit, the second is the second-highest-order trit, and so on. Since you start off going straight, you can consider it an insignificant leading zero. Neither starting direction nor line-length are significant, so your choices in that regard can be governed by aesthetics or other constraints. Mirroring the image results in a number of the opposite sign, as does traversing the path backwards.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Culture]] [[Category:Megathread Uploads]]</div>

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